Howdy Folks!
Welcome to the City of Oxnard Water Distribution Program
Our Mission Statement:
The mission of the Oxnard Water Distribution Program is to provide Oxnard residents and businesses with uninterrupted, safe, potable water and deliver the highest quality water at the most competitive cost with the best customer service.
Water Sources:
United Water Conservation Water District
The City of Oxnard receives its water from three sources: Calleguas Municipal Water District (CMWD), United Water Conservation Water District (UWCD), and the City's own operating active wells. Oxnard's water system includes four blending stations where incoming imported water from CMWD is blended with local water, either from UWCD or from City wells.
UWCD diverts water from the Santa Clara River into the El Rio spreading grounds. This ground water is then pumped from several of UWCD's own active wells. The El Rio Pumping Station provides pressurized chlorinated groundwater directly to the Oxnard-Hueneme (OH) Pipeline along Rose Avenue to Oxnard's four blending stations.
Calleguas Municipal Water District (CMWD)
CMWD is a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California from which it purchases State Water Project water. The water supply originates in Northern California and is conveyed more than 500 miles to Southern California through the State Water Project's system of reservoirs, aqueducts and pump stations. The imported water is filtered and disinfected at MWD's Joseph Jensen Filtration Facility in Granada Hills. MWD uses chloramines to disinfect its water to ensure against forming by-products like trihalomethanes (THM's) which result when chlorine is added to the water with naturally occurring organic material. CMWD receives the treated water from MWD via pipeline and either stores the water in Lake Bard near Moorpark or feeds the water directly to the Springville Reservoir near Camarillo. The Springville Reservoir in turn provides pressurized water directly through the Oxnard Conduit to Oxnard's four water blending stations.
Local Groundwater
The City operates seven shallow wells. Local groundwater is disinfected with chlorine before the water enters the distribution system.
Water Distribution
The Water Distribution provides operation and mainteneace of approximately 500 miles of water main ranging in sizes from 16" to 4" with and average size of 8". The system contains 10,300 valves and over 3,900 fire hydrants. Distribution maintains a 24-hour 7 days per week standby service for emergencies and is dedicated to the ongoing improvements of the distribution system.
If you have any questions or an emergency, feel free to call us anytime. (805) 385-8136
or email us: Oxnardwater@yahoo.com
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